52 | ATL x BNA Kristian Bush

• 1 Everybody Gotta Go Home 03:51
• 2 After The Wine Wears Off 03:30
• 3 Mansion 03:38
• 4 Unbroken 03:48
• 5 I'm With You 03:03
• 6 Tennessee Plates 02:46
• 7 Heart Of Yours 03:09
• 8 World Ain't So Bad (As You Think) 03:09
• 9 Gasoline 02:43
• 10 I'm Coming Around 03:40
• Total Runtime 33:17

Info for 52 | ATL x BNA

Kristian Bush will turn 52 years old on March 14 and will fittingly commemorate the milestone with a new 52-song, layered release dubbed 52. “I’ve been allowed the opportunity to reinvent myself many times, and I’ve been grateful in every incarnation,” Kristian says. “Here comes another one.”

“An auditory shapeshifter, Bush has proven adept in several roles and styles over the course of his nearly three decades in music,” notes Billboard.

“Most of the time when something important is about to happen, no matter what culture or religion you call home, we seem to begin with a prayer,” Kristian says. “‘Tennessee Plates’ is my prayer to begin this one year of music. It’s a prayer to bless the small town I come from, the city next to it that made me dream bigger in its shadow, the people who told me I would never succeed and the mystery ahead of me.”

Kristian co-wrote nine of the 10 songs on 52 – ATL X BNA with Nashville writers and recorded in Atlanta alongside resident R&B musicians, including famed drummer Jorel “JFly” Flynn, Jerry Freeman of the famed Hornz Unlimited and the Black Bettys, among others. The Atlanta-based singer named the first group of songs after the letters on his well-worn luggage tag pointing to his decades traveling between Atlanta (ATL) and Nashville (BNA) airports.

“Somewhere between the horns, the pedal steel and the background singers, you get a glimpse at what it’s like to make Country music from Atlanta,” Kristian says. “It’s like putting Lego pieces together.”

Leaning into his rich experience as a true artist who has thrived in multiple formats, Kristian embraces his diverse musical legacy with 52. The four-volume collection is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2015 solo debut SOUTHERN GRAVITY. His eclectic career also includes successful runs with Folk-Rock duo Billy Pilgrim, Rock Jam band Dark Water and MULTI-PLATINUM Country duo Sugarland. 52 nods at each of those creative iterations with upcoming releases themed around summer, Rock and love that are slated to debut this summer, fall and in the new year.

Kristian says, “there’s a point I have come to, because I’ve been home through COVID all this time, I thought, ‘I’m at a certain age where I have to admit to myself that no adults are coming to save me.’ I’ve been very busy for the last 15 years, and I’m not going to waste any more time getting these songs out.”

Kristian Bush

Kristian Bush
is a MULTI-PLATINUM-selling, two-time GRAMMY Awards winner most known for being half of the record-breaking Country duo Sugarland. The Sevierville, TN native launched his professional music career in 1994 with the Folk-Rock duo Billy Pilgrim. Within the decade, Kristian moved on to form Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles. The pair, who released debut single “Baby Girl” in 2004 went on to chart five No. 1 hits and 12 Top 10 songs. His SOUTHERN GRAVITY solo debut in 2015 produced Top 20 hit “Trailer Hitch.” Kristian made a foray into television theme songs in 2016 with “Forever Now (Say Yes),” which he penned and performed for TLC’s popular show “Say Yes to the Dress.” The multi-instrumentalist is also a founding member of Rock Jam band Dark Water alongside his brother Brandon Bush and esteemed guitarist Benji Shanks. In addition, Kristian co-wrote a song for the Atlanta staging of Stephen Schwartz’s “Working: A Musical” and has written three musicals. “Troubadour” (2017) and “Darlin’ Cory” (2021) opened at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre and “Me Before You” is set for Miami in 2023.

This album contains no booklet.